Understanding the Subconscious #1: Introduction - Seeing It First Hand

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. --Leonardo da Vinci

The way most of us think about the subconscious mind is this: it’s hard to perceive, sometimes hidden from view, and very often it’s regarded as it’s own universe entirely: a universe of symbols and hidden meanings that can only be accessed through special means.

What if you found out that most of this wasn’t only wildly inaccurate, but that this way of thinking about the subconscious kept us from fully understanding it?

It’s your lucky day.

The first inaccuracy is the lack of degrees. The functions of the subconscious mind can be hard to perceive and they can sometimes be hidden from view. On the other hand, some are easy to perceive, and others are many degrees in between depending on the specific way they must be observed. Some are hidden from view, and yet, can be seen indirectly.

The second inaccuracy is that it’s something separate from the conscious mind, somehow exists within it’s own unique universe, and can only be interacted with by special means. Again, the inaccuracy is primarily in the lack of degrees. For example, the conscious mind both is and isn’t separate from the subconscious mind, and there are degrees of separation, depending on exactly how go about establishing what separates them or how they’re separated.

The conscious and subconscious mind are more like a piece of paper folded in half than two unique and separate entities. When you look at them as a piece of paper, they remain one, yet each one has sort of their own unique existence created by the fold. And herein lies the greatest misunderstanding about the “two minds”-- they’re actually one. They’re merely two parts of the same system, each with different functions and require each other to function.

But wait, there’s more. But be forewarned, at this point it gets a bit trippy.

This is how the conscious and subconscious minds are wired up, in relation to our sensory organs.

[sensory organs] --> [subconscious mind] --> [conscious mind]

The thing to notice here is that the subconscious mind is between our sensory organs and our conscious mind. What mind blowing insight can we draw from this? Well... if you follow the path you can see that our subconscious mind receives the output or the sensory organs first, and then passes it on to the conscious mind. Note there’s no direct link between our conscious minds and our sensory organs. Isn’t that strange? That would mean that...

Take all the time you need.

Ready?

The experience you take to be “reality” isn’t. You’ve been living inside your subconscious mind your entire life. All of your conscious experience is your subconscious mind sending information to your conscious mind.

I know, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. So, if what I’ve just said were true, then there would be ways seeing it first hand, with our own eyes. Well, the most straightforward way to determine if we live in the Matrix is to cause a glitch.

Here you go:

What black dots? There’s no black dots.